News: TABLE-S.Korea's Feb coal imports up 3.2 pct y/y

SEOUL, March 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports rose 3.2 percent to 10.7 million tonnes in February from a year earlier, customs data showed on Friday.

Total coal imports are composed of steam coal for power generation and coking coal for steel production.

Details of total imports in February are as follow

(in tonnes/ in $/T)

							  February 2019				February 2018 
 Australia			   3,948,271/ $115.03		   3,200,631/ $131.79 
 Indonesia			   2,687,539/ $ 59.08		   2,586,999/ $ 68.20 
 Russia				  1,601,496/ $116.87		   1,704,280/ $113.10 
 Canada					970,983/ $160.96		   1,159,151/ $126.98 
 United States			 343,173/ $164.65			 313,742/ $138.52 
 South Africa			  315,914/ $ 94.12		   1,046,758/ $101.71 
 Colombia				  285,820/ $101.27			 306,151/ $100.28 
 Latbia					212,432/ $107.17							- 
 Mozambique				173,682/ $215.87							- 
 China					 110,178/ $176.67			  65,594/ $154.59 
 New Zealand				64,698/ $159.22							- 
											  
 TOTAL				  10,714,186/ $108.42		  10,383,305/ $108.73 
	Details of the January-February to imports are as follow 

(in tonnes/ in $/T)

						January-February 2019	 January-February 2018 
 Australia				 8,910,182/ $116.07		7,188,101/ $132.30 
 Indonesia				 6,681,159/ $ 62.27		5,724,162/ $ 67.66 
 Russia					3,201,855/ $115.90		3,373,059/ $114.41 
 Canada					2,244,791/ $152.79		2,228,790/ $131.11 
 Colombia					740,630/ $107.44		  753,574/ $103.27 
 South Africa				602,495/ $ 92.83		1,638,550/ $100.78 
 United States			   572,420/ $179.81		  745,249/ $134.51 
 Latvia					  212,432/ $107.17						 - 
 China					   195,619/ $185.22		  206,933/ $126.03 
 Mozambique				  173,682/ $215.87						 - 
 New Zealand				  64,698/ $159.22		   65,752/ $138.82 
 Switzerland				  24,200/ $155.04						 - 
 India									  -		   57,900/ $ 72.45 
 Philippines								-			   40/ $150.00 
																		
 TOTAL					23,624,163/ $106.38	   21,982,110/ $109.13 
   
	Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as 

follow

(In tonnes / in $/T)

							   February 2019			 February 2018 
 Australia				3,012,711/ $ 96.67		2,076,718/ $102.59 
 Indonesia				2,687,539/ $ 59.08		2,586,999/ $ 68.20 
 Russia				   1,011,058/ $ 96.51		1,291,806/ $ 98.84 
 Canada					 374,491/ $ 81.34		  743,094/ $ 75.11 
 South Africa			   315,914/ $ 94.12		1,046,758/ $101.71 
 Colombia				   285,820/ $101.27		  306,151/ $100.28 
 Latvia					 212,432/ $107.17						 - 
 United States			   75,647/ $ 73.99		  180,845/ $102.03 
 China					   54,178/ $115.90		   40,573/ $ 93.36 
											   
 TOTAL					8,029,790/ $ 83.61		8,272,944/ $ 88.53